Friday, 12 August 2016

Current Affairs Based on "The Hindu" for RBI/IBPS Exams

Q2. Name the one of Pakistan's finest batsmen and a cricketing great, Who has passed away at the Aga Khan Hospital in Karachi.

a) Hanif Mohammad

b) Wasim Akram

c) Inzamam-ul-Haq

d) Javed Miandad

e) None of the above

Q3. Which of the following organisations has signed an MoU with Defence Food Research Laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for Transfer of Technology of Retort Pouch Processed Foods so that ready-to-eat food can be warmed and eaten straight out of the packet?

a) DIPP

b) CSO

c) MSME

d) IRCTC

e) FSSAI

Q4. Which of the following states has decided to implement the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in the state on an experimental basis recently?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Rajasthan

c) Bihar

d) Maharashtra

e) Kerala

Q5. ITC’s leading health & hygiene brand, Savlon, has announced the name of ace shuttler _______ as its brand ambassador.

a) Sania Mirza

b) Saina Nehwal

c) PV Sindhu

d) Sharath Kamal

e) MC Mary Kom

Q6. Wipro Chairman Azim Premji and HCL co-founder Shiv Nadar are the only two billionaires from India in Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 richest people in technology, ranking in the top 20 ahead of Google boss Eric Schmidt and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. The ‘100 Richest Tech Billionaires In The World 2016’ list has been topped by...........?

a) Bill Gates, Microsoft

b) Jack Ma, Alibaba

c) Jeff Bezos, Amazon

d) Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook

e) Meg Whitman, HP

Q7. Who has been appointed as the Executive Director on the board of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) recently?

a) Dinesh Kumar Khara

b) Himanshu Joshi

c) Jai Kumar Garg

d) Pawan Kumar Bajaj

e) Ravindra Prabhakar Marathe

Q8. Which of the following Union Territories (UTs) and Madhya Pradesh government have signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Power to join the Ujwal Discom Assurance scheme that will save the state Rs 17,515 crore and for the UT it is expected to be around Rs.72 crore?

a) Chandigarh

b) New Delhi

c) Puducherry

d) Lakshyadeep

e) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Q9. With which Country, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing and ratification of an Agreement on Economic Cooperation?

a) South Sudan

b) Bhutan

c) Singapore

d) Croatia

e) Mangolia

Q10. Mobile Standards Alliance of India (MSAI) and the Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust launched a mobile app aimed at ensuring personal safety during times of distress. The app is called as .................?